Johnny Bunko

Only two weeks left in the GJBC*

Don’t forget: The deadline for entering the Great Johnny Bunko Challenge is November 26, 2008. *Great Johnny Bunko Challenge 


Recession roundup

Yesterday’s item on Jeremy Grantham’s hemispheric explanation for the credit crisis got tons of hits. So to feed a hungry public, let me serve a few other chewy tidbits I’ve collected from the economic meltdown: Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban offers some keen thoughts about how to get rich — especially in times of economic […]


Why are these people smiling?

Because these seven Academy of Art University students, along with their professor Cameron Maddux, are some of the hundreds of folks around the world holding Bunko Breakfasts — small, informal gatherings to talk about the ideas in The Adventures of Johnny Bunko.  Find out more — and read about Bunko Breakfasts in San Francisco, Toronto, Columbus, and Sydney — on the Bunko […]


Attention New Yorkers . . .

If you’re in New York City, join us Monday October 6 at 6:30pm for a cool event at the Japan Society. I’ll be talking about manga, Johnny Bunko, and dojinshi. Added bonus: There will be food!All the details are here.


ANNOUNCING: Our new mega-contest!


Read the first 61 pages of Johnny Bunko … for free

The founders of the Swedish company My Paper recently made us an offer we couldn’t refuse. They would reproduce part of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko — for free — to showcase their amazing new digital paper technology.We accepted, of course. (Free is our second-favorite four-letter word.) And the results are pretty spectacular. You can now read the first 61 […]


More B.S. lists

Forgive the self-indulgence, but this weekend turns out to be an opportune moment for a quick update on the bestseller lists.A Whole New Mind is #20 on Sunday’s NY Times non-fiction list (marking its 29th consecutive week in the top 25.) It’s also #6 on the new NY Times business list (down from #5 last month, but in its 10th […]


Bunko Breakfast in Seattle — July 29

If you’re in Seattle next week, join us for the next Bunko Breakfast.  More details on the BunkoBlog.(And if you’re on the other side of the continent, in the other Washington, don’t forget our Washington, DC, event tomorrow night, July 24, at 630pm.)


Wanna vote?

A quick update on what’s going on over at JohnnyBunko.com: We’re about to launch our first Johnny Bunko contest — wherein we’ll ask readers to supplement Diana’s list with a seventh lesson. But we haven’t figured out the grand prize. If you’ve got 30 seconds, help us decide by casting your vote. In an effort to make the […]


WT . . . H?

Officials in North Carolina recently discovered that some Tar Heel license plates are inadvertently asking Johnny Bunko’s central question. That’s prompted the state DMV to offer new plates to anyone uncomfortable with a certain ubiquitous three-letter query. (HT: Beth Holmes)

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